I know GOD they really screwed us over by waiting to release QuNeo so that it was ACTUALLY built well. I was really hoping to get one of those half ass working QuNeos, so I could complain more. I love to complain I hate small companies and corporations. I dont support mom and pop shops or independent business but when I do I sure like to complain about how they didn’t do something because they aren’t corporate enough.

Everyone’s going to do poly aftertouch in the next 24 months. The only reason it wasn’t widely available until now is that there was patent granted to Ensoniq in 1992 or so, which is now expiring. It’s somewhat more expensive to do, of course, but not that much more.

Now here’s a REAL advance in controllerism. Best news I’ve heard in ages. I hope they’ll include release velocity proper. Unless you’ve had a chance to use poly pressure on strings and brass, you won’t really understand, but I think you’ll see it trumpeted as a feature and rightly so. It puts a lot of expressive power back in your hands. Multiply that times the ways it can affect a complex synth sound and let the madness begin.

I own a soft step, and my guess is that you can route anything based on the programmability of the soft step, which is amazingly flexible, and any osc midi parameter can be accessed. The company seems to have a thing for flexibility.

Why is that cool, cheap, controllers are always so FUGLY. Korg Nano series? FUGLY. Launchpad? FUGLY. That new Livid thing? FUGLY. Quneo? Only it’s mother could want to look at it. It really would only take a tiny amount of effort to make these controllers look good. Akai seem to manage it, novation usually get it right. M audio have it sussed. All the features of this controller look amazing, I just want to go out on stage with something that doesn’t look bargain basement.

Of course aethetics are important to me! It’s because it’s been important to every artist I’ve ever admired. Would Bjork be as engaging if she wore a hoodie and jeans and played her music on a spongebob squarepants ukelele? What if Jimi Hendriks had worn a suit and had a side-parting choosing to play an archtop? Part of the joy of music making is being able to choose between laser harp and a cello. Being able to choose between a grand piano or a sprawling modular. Being able to choose between a gameboy and LSDJ and a banjo. AND being able to make these choices because you like the look and feel of these instruments not just the sound.

Apparently you didn’t choose “a sprawling modular”, or else you would be ALL EXCITED about this keyboard. I can even give you a hint as to why: if its step sequencer transmits CV/gate too, this one alone justifies purchasing. (Eurorack step sequencer module costs $200 for example!)

Or let’s look at competing products (MIDI/CV converters or keyboards with CV/gate). For more price you can get a little metal box that will do the ting, but this doesn’t include a keyboard. From the top of my head, there are only two recent keyboards with CV, one is four times the price (okay it has more octaves, but FOUR times), and another is also a synth which at that point no one but the luckiest few managed to order anywhere. 😉

Fugly, huh? How pretty is it supposed to be? Form DOES follow function. Its too small for my particular hands, but the CV aspects are pretty appealing, since modulars abound lately. Smart move. Besides, if it was shaped like a blown-glass Aeolian harp, human hands couldn’t play it. As oddball as it is, even the Eigenharp follows the flow. Don’t let the esthetics throw you if a tool answers a need. Let’s just see how the build behaves after a few months in the field. I think a CV option causes this to make the grade.

I was just looking for yet an other stupid Oxygen-8 derived keyboard to take to cafes when i stubled upon this. Looks like I will use my make shift solution for a while longer and save up for this instead,

My only request is to echo the 3-octave thing and also request longer key since finger location is a feature. Longer keys will allow this to be used as a Mixer/Fader controller too!!